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Iran Doesn't Have a Nuclear Weapons Program. Why Do Media Keep Saying It Does?
When it comes to Iran, do basic facts matter? Evidently not, since dozens and dozens of journalists keep casually reporting that Iran has a "nuclear weapons program" when it does not—a problem FAIR has reported on over the years (e.g., 9/9/15). Let's take a look at some of the outlets spreading this falsehood in just the past five days:
Business Insider (10/13/17): "The deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), aims to incentivize Iran to curb its nuclear weapons program by lifting crippling international economic sanctions."
New Yorker (10/16/17): "One afternoon in late September, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called a meeting of the six countries that came together in 2015 to limit Iran's nuclear weapons program."
Washington Post (10/16/17): "The administration is also considering changing or scrapping an international agreement regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program."
CNN (10/17/17): "In reopening the nuclear agreement, [Trump] risks having Iran advance its nuclear weapons program at a time when he confronts a far worse nuclear challenge from North Korea that he can't resolve."
The problem with all of these excerpts: There is no documentation that Iran has a nuclear weapons program.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @09:43AM (1 child)
AND don't forget Iran has been a victim of the UK and USA's meddling (they destroyed Iran's democracy).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat [wikipedia.org]
I'm pretty sure many Iranians still remember that.
They may not like their government, but the majority are unlikely to approve of you overthrowing it. After all, would the US people approve of Iran overthrowing the USA just because:
1) The US Gov is obviously and provably corrupt and evil.
2) The top leader is bad for the people and a great danger to the rest of the world.
3) The majority of the people didn't vote for the current top leader.
4) There are numerous human rights violations happening.
5) There are many dangerous nuclear weapons programs.
6) The USA possesses nuclear weapons that could destroy much of the human world and there aren't any real safeguards - the top leader could launch them unilaterally, all anyone involved is supposed to do is to confirm that the launch order came from the top leader (this is by design!).
The USA has used lamer excuses and weaker justifications to overthrow other governments; AND many lies too.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday October 24 2017, @08:07AM
You forgot to mention that the Shah's secret police, SAVAK, who specialised in the torture and murder of anyone the Shah didn't like, were set up and trained by Mossad. Iranian's dislike of Israel isn't just generic antisemitism, they have a pretty good historical reason to be upset at Israel.